A collection of ISF reports on key issues

1. ISF White Paper: Global Futures

On Global Governance and World Peace

Global Futures, looking at ways to explore ‘burning questions for global society’, is hosting a seminar series to tackle some of the most difficult issues we face as a global population today. The most recent speaker in this series was the President of Kashmir, Sardar Masood Khan, who spoke on the topic of global governance and world peace, providing us with his valuable insight and aspirations on this challenging subject. Read more here…

2. ISF White Paper: The Social Future of Intelligence Project

The past few years have shown a society-wide interest in the remarkable developments within machine learning and associated techniques that are enabling what has been called the New AI. This is said to supplement and even substitute human reasoning, with its powers being amply demonstrated in the capacity of AI machines to beat humans at even the most complex rule-based activities, such as the game of Go. In the longer term, the New AI will be at the heart of self-driving cars, humanless factories and service industries ‘populated’ by artificial assistants. Read more here…

3. ISF White Paper: Storytelling and Global Futures

The Global Futures events aim to integrate students, academics and the local community for engaging interdisciplinary discussions on big global challenges. The most recent event in this white paper series was the first of its kind, as the speakers addressed global futures through their backgrounds in literature and the arts. Qaisra Shahraz, Graham Mort and Emily Spiers shared their unique perspective and provoked an enlightening and wide ranging discussion on the importance of storytelling in global futures. By Kate Fearnyough. Read more here…